Adjustable box-cover holder.



No. 834,489. 'PATLNTED 00T. 3o, 190e., J. M. -PURDULL ADJUSTABLE BOXCOVER HOLDER.

l APPLIcATIoN FILED JULY 2 1. 1905.

lUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

lJOHN MARKUS PURDUM, OF DURANT, INDIAN TERRITORY. ADJUSTABLE BOX-COVERHOLDER.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MARKUS PUR- fDUM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Durant, Indian Territory, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Adjustable Box-Cover Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention has reference to a device for supporting the lids orcovers of boxes in an open position in order to display the contents ofthe latter, and has for its object to provide a device of this characteradapted to be adjusted so that the lid or cover of a box may be held inany desired position.

The invention comprises generally a pair of suitable attachments, suchas spring clips or clamps, adapted to be removably attached to thelid'and the box, and a link pivotally connected at its ends to theattachmentsy and forming a support for the lid or cover in its openposition, the parts being so arranged that one or both of theattachments may be adjusted for holding the lid or cover in any desiredposition.

The inventionconsists of the device hereinafter particularly described,and specified in the claim. i

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box of any suitablecharacter having a hinged lid and showing my invention applied theretoand holding the lid. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but'showing thelid held wide open; and Fig. 3 is an elevation, partially in section, ofthe lid or cover support alone.

This invention is particularly adapted for supporting in a more or lessopen position the hinged lids of boxes containing cigars, lbakery goods,and other wares which it is desirable to display without removing thesame from the boxes. I have illustrated the invention in connectionwitha simple form of box 10, provided with a hinged lid' or cover, as 11.

Adapted to be secured in any suitable manner to one wall of the box isan attachment which may take the form of a spring-clip 12, consisting4,of a plate of preferably resilient metal bent upon itself, as shown,to provide a pair of spring-jaws which when the clip is in osition gripor clamp between them the wail of the box, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Asecond attachment, which may also take the form of a spring-clip 13,similar to the clip 12, is designed to embrace the lid at the edgeadjacent to the end or side of the box to which Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed July 21,1905. Serial No. 270,624.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

the'clip 12 is secured. Connecting the clipsA 12 and 13 is a link 14,one end of which is pivoted to the clip 13, as by having its end bent ata right angle thereto and passed through an aperture in the clip betweenthe jaws of the clip, the extremity of the said end being headed, as at15, Fig. 3, in order that the end of the link lmay turn freely in theclip, The other end of the link is pivotally attached to the clip 12,being provided with a hooked end or loop 16, engaging anaperture in theclip 12 between the jaws of the same.

When the device is in position, the clips 12 and 13 engage the adjacentside or end edges of the box and lid or cover, respectively, as

readily slid along by hand to any desired position, such movement beingpermitted by' reason of the jointed connection of the link with theclips. In practice, however, it has been found more convenient to adjustthe lid to the desired angle of opening by sliding the clip 12 along thewall of the box to Which it is attached.

The device is exceedingly simple in construction and inexpensive ofmanufacture, and by reason of the detachable and adjustable clipsemployed it may be readily attached in position and adjusted to hold thelid at any desired elevation and may be removed frorn one box when thelatter becomes empty and used again and as often 4as desired.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is-

A device of the class described, comprising a pair of spring-clipsadapted to detachably and slidingly engage a box and thev hinged lidthereof to support the latter, and a link to the ends of which the cli sare pivotally y JOHN MARKUS PURDUM.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR B. SEIBOLD, ELIZABETH MALITOR.

